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From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
To: Mike Kabrianis <mkabrian@acropolis.net>
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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Mike Kabrianis wrote:

> I think you'ld like to know that alsa 0.0.7 works with ESS1868 Audiodrive.
> I used the driver of ESS1688 Audiodrive and it worked without any
> modifications at all.

Fine. I don't know how much ESS ES1868 chip differ from 1688 version. I
requested documentation from ESS Technology, but I didn't get any answer
yet.

> If you need any information concerning my soundcard, please don't hesitate
> to contact me.
> 
> By the way, one think, I'ld like to see, is having the opportunity to set
> (maybe in compilation time) the default volume for the loading of the
> module (which in my case, with either alsa or OSSfree driver, initializes
> at a very high volume, actually unusable)

This is known problem. It affects on most soundcards, but I need some idea
how can be mixer and probably some other configuration parameters set/load 
at driver startup from user space.

Maybe the best solution will be some sound configuration manager which
will be called directly from driver (same way as kmod in 2.1.90+ calls
modprobe). This manager will look and event type (startup for example) and
run next utility (for example command line mixer for load default
volumes).

Have anyone other better idea?

						Jaroslav

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Jaroslav Kysela <perex@jcu.cz>
Academic Computer Centre, University of South Bohemia
Branisovska 31, C. Budejovice, CZ-370 05 Czech Republic


